THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MICHEL GAY and SYLVIE LAVAULT _____________ Appeal No. 94-0825 Application 07/908,8601 ______________ HEARD: AUGUST 5, 1997 _______________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, PAK and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 17 to 20. Claims 21 to 32, the only other claims in this application, stand withdrawn from 1Application for patent filed July 1, 1992. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/475,279 filed February 5, 1990, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007